win_service - Manages Windows services

Author:Chris Hoffman

Synopsis

New in version 1.7.

Manages Windows services

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
name	yes			Name of the service
start_mode	no		auto manual disabled	Set the startup type for the service
state	no		started stopped restarted	started/stopped are idempotent actions that will not run commands unless necessary. restarted will always bounce the service.

Examples

# Restart a service
win_service:
  name: spooler
  state: restarted

# Set service startup mode to auto and ensure it is started
win_service:
  name: spooler
  start_mode: auto
  state: started